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Contributed photo The logo for Cabrillo Music Theatre's production of "Ring of Fire," a new musical about the life and songs of Johnny Cash.

Kenton Yeager/Contributed photo Kelli Provart and Jason Edwards star in Cabrillo Music Theatre's production of "Ring of Fire."

Country singer Johnny Cash is shown in a scene from the movie "The Pride of Jesse Hallam," 1981. (AP Photo)

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DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Louis Robin, Johnny Cash's for manager, and his wife, Karen, watch the rehearsal last week for "Ring of Fire", a production by Cabrillo Music Theatre that will be featured at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks.

"Ring of Fire" cast members sing Cash tunes, but no one person is supposed to "be" Johnny or June Carter Cash. Kenton Yeager/Contributed photo

This is a photo of the abalone-inlaid acoustic guitar owned by country music legend Johnny Cash. The guitar was part of an auction of property from the estate of Johnny and June Carter Cash, sold at auction for $131, 200 at Sotheby's Auction House Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2004, in New York. The auction runs through Sept. 16. (AP Photos/ Sotheby's Auction House)

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This is a 1977 photo of country western musician Johnny Cash. (AP Photo)

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DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Director and singer Jason Edwards rehearses the part of Johnny Cash in a duet with Kelli Provart, during a rehearsal, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 for "Ring of Fire", a production by Cabrillo Music Theatre which will be featured at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks. 1/27/2012 THOUSAND OAKS, CA.

BELOW: Thousand Oaks resident Louis B. Robin, Johnny Cash's manager for more than 30 years, tells the cast about touring with the star during a rehearsal for "Ring of Fire." DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Jason Edwards, who performed in the Broadway production of "Ring of Fire" in 2006, is both directing and starring in Cabrillo Music Theatre's production. He revised the musical, which received poor reviews in New York, with the approval of the original director, Richard Maltby Jr.